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Gnutls elisp code doesn't properly check for file existence

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 15866 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, emacs <at> kosowsky.org
Subject: bug#15866: Gnutls elisp code doesn't properly check for file existence
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:34:48 +0100

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Wouldn't a solution here be to introduce a variable like
> `inhibit-file-handlers' that would really inhibit all Lisp-level file
> handlers?  Doesn't Emacs have that already?  Hm...
> `inhibit-file-name-handlers' doesn't quite seem to do the trick, I
> guess?

`inhibit-file-name-handlers' is always used in conjunction with
`inhibit-file-name-operation'. Their purpose is to prevent recursive
call of a file name handler. So it isn't appropriate here.

Just for the records ...

Best regards, Michael.

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